One year after the Capitol riots, US fears for democracy: Polls | Donald Trump News
New research shows Americans are more concerned with democracy, while others say that violence against government can sometimes make sense.
A year after the US Capitol massacre, Americans are deeply concerned about the health of their democracy and almost a third of states say that atrocities can sometimes be justified, according to two elections.
The January 6 attack on the Congress seat, led by supporters of former US President Donald Trump, “it was” a manifestation of increasing political violence “, and American democracy is” threatened, “according to two-thirds of those surveyed in a CBS News poll published Sunday. .
Meanwhile, the “pride” of the American people in their democracy has dropped dramatically, from 90 percent in 2002 to 54 percent now, a study by the Washington Post-University of Maryland found.
As the January 6 festival draws to a close, the polls provide real reasons for concern: CBS found that 28 percent of respondents believe that power could be used to protect the election results, while 34 percent told The Washington Post that violence against the government would end. sometimes justified – the largest number in decades.
The results show the seemingly unconnected mindset that divides the American people, which President Joe Biden, who took office 14 days after the Capitol riots, has promised to end.
Two-thirds of Trump’s supporters continue to believe that Biden is not a legitimate president.
Trump has spoken to thousands who have recently followed him Capitol attack, telling them that the election was “fake” and that they should “fight like hell”.
About 60 percent of those surveyed said Trump has played a key role in the Capitol invasion as lawmakers were supposed to prove Biden’s victory.
‘Coordinating activities’
There, too, ideas follow a series of lines: 83 percent of Trump voters put their position on “others” or “none,” the Post poll found.
And 26 percent of Americans want to run again in 2024, according to CBS.
The House of Representatives selection committee has been working for months to establish the roles and responsibilities of those who have promoted or may have been involved. organization demonstrations.
Despite limited cooperation from Trump’s insiders, the group has conducted more than 300 interviews and collected a number of documents.
“We have unveiled other things that worry us, such as people who try to … undermine the integrity of our democracy,” the group’s chairman, Bennie Thompson, told ABC on Sunday.
“It seems like a concerted effort by several people to thwart the election,” he said.
“They could be people in the main branch. They could be people in the Department of Defense … and some very rich people.”
He also stated that he would not hesitate to present any unconstitutional evidence to the Ministry of Justice.
Liz Cheney, one of only two Republicans on the list, on Sunday strongly criticized Trump for waiting a few hours before inciting Capitol violence to a halt.
He could have called easily, he told ABC.
“She could not. It is difficult to imagine a more serious neglect on the part of the work. ”
